The side event aims to bring together global expertise to explore pathways toward establishing a more efficient and transparent climate finance accounting system, innovating green financial instruments, and directing capital toward actionable mitigation and adaptation projects. By offering effective practical approaches and collaborative models emerging from Chinese context, the session seeks to help narrow the global funding gap and translate high-level climate commitments into tangible, on-the-ground action.

 

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Speakers:

  • Wang Jinnan, President, Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences; Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering
  • Lei Hongpeng, Chief of the Mitigation Branch, Climate Change Division, UNEP
  • Ma Jun, Co-Chair of G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group; President of (Beijing) Institute of Finance and Sustainability
  • Du Le, Deputy General Manager, China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group Co., Ltd(CECEP)
  • Wang Yi, Researcher, Strategic Consulting Institute of Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Member of The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China; and deputy director of the National Climate Change Expert Committee
  • Ouyang Lu,China Clean Development Mechanism Fund, The Climate Finance Negotiator Representative
  • Fang Li, China Country Director, World Resources Institute China